Upward Awards Night Performer - Upward Sports Entertainer

"The show was excellent! Our Upward season was great and you were the climax of the season with your exciting, fun-filled show! Many children prayed to receive Christ because of the clear gospel presentation that you gave. Thank you!" --Jeff White, Upward League Director; FBC, Wichita Falls, TX

"The show was AWESOME! ...we agreed that, in all of our years in Upward Basketball, no performer at the awards ceremony ever presented the Gospel the way you did. Nor have we ever been entertained as well as we were tonight." --Danny Ball, Youth and Children's Dept Leader, Florence Baptist Church, Florence, KY

"We have had many great Christian entertainers and NO ONE has given the plan of salvation more clearly than Darren Collins. I highly recommend Darren for your next event." --Lezlie Armour, Children's Minister, Champion Forest Baptist Church, Houston, TX

"Thank you so much for your wonderful performance last night. You were a very big part of making this one of our best awards nights yet!" --Chris Smith, Director of Family Life Ministries, Bear Creek United Methodist Church, Houston Texas

"We thought Darren was awesome. First of all he was very responsive and kept us informed as the date drew near. Since we were all a bit skeptical on this (because of a bad experience in the past), Darren was the right guy to help us strengthen our confidence in bringing in outside entertainment. Next we asked him to cut his normal performance down from 40 minutes to 20 minutes. He was very flexible and very accommodating. And, we asked him to do 3 shows in one day and he was very open to that too.

On stage he was super. Connected well with the players and cheerleaders. We use our own evaluation cards at the ceremony and many people gave us very positive feedback about Darren. His message (Gospel message) was powerful and his tools/skills for delivering the message were very appropriate for our crowd. He was personable, professional and very approachable. He was swarmed at his table after each ceremony, and he handled that situation very well.

Overall, we give Darren an A+, two thumbs up. Thank you to Darren for an excellent presentation and for handling the business side of the transaction very professionally."

--Don Roswurm, Assistant Upward Director of Derby First Christian Church, Derby, KS (running the largest Upward program in the state of Kansas)